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At this meeting Sundry Rules orders & by Laws drawn up by a Comittee chosen for that end were read & voted to be
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p"sented to the next Gen1 Quarter Sessions for the approba- tion & were p'sented to the Genll Quart" Sessions may 20: 1707. & are recorded in pa. 31-32 of this booke.
[III-284.]
Dec: 23: 1707.
At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Springfeild.
At this meeting It was declared that the Constables of sev- eral yeares are defective of collecting the ministry Rate the school Rate and the Country Rate and ye Representative Rate & It was voted & agreed that the Select men examine the Constables, & if it may be made manifest that any Con- stable had not mony Enough In their List to pay charges that now the Select men raise money to satisfy the same.
It was voted & agreed that the Select Men discourse wth John Miller to find what charge the Town need to expend for widow Swinkes diet & clothing & that ye Select men se to have so much raised.
It was voted to pay for Leather to Cover some Town Re- cord bookes.
It was voted to allow the schoolmas" m" David Parsons pay for Three quarters of a yeere. & wt the Townes Lands fals short of satisfying Together wth the scholars pay, that the same be assessed on the Inhabitants.
At this meeting a Comissioner & five Trustees were cho- sen to make a valuation of al the Rateable Estate of this Town of Springfeild major John Pynchon was chosen Comissioner; & Joseph Parsons Esq Capt. Thomas Colton Leiut Josec. Stebins & Leiut Abel Wright & Benja. Leonard were chosen Trustees who are to act according to the Act of the last Ses- sions of the Genll Court respectively.
At the Meeting of the Proprietors of the Inner Commons In the Town of Springfeild.
ffebr: 18: 1707-8. Legally warned to regulate the affair of boxing Turpentine Trees. It was voted to restraine the boxing of Turpentine Trees wthin the inmost Comons till the Town do order otherwise.
It was voted that if any Person shal gather Turpentine of
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the Pine trees within the said Inmost Comons, before the Town shal order it, such persons shal pay after the Rate of Twenty shillings P barrel for the Turpentine so drawn.
It was further voted that the Select men for the time being shal Looke after the men yt shal trespass the order agt box- ing Turpentine Trees, & that they se to the gathering of the Twenty shillings Penalty P barrel as above sd for the use of the Town of the men that shal presume to draw turpentine out of the Trees abovesd Inmost Comons, til the Town shal order otherwise.
ffebr: 27: 1707-8. At a Meeting of the Proprietors of the Inner Comons of the Town of Springfeild.
It was voted to draw Turpentine wth Regulations:
It was voted to chuse a Comittee to consider some way to regulate the drawing of Turpentine, & to prepare some draught thereof to prsent at the next General Town Meeting for approbation.
And it was voted that Joseph Parsons Esq, m' John Pyn- chon Jun' Pelatiah Glover Japhet Chapin, Capt. Tho: Col- ton, Benja. Leonard, Leiut Jose. Stebins, David Morgan Sent. & Thomas Horton be the sd Comittee & that said Jo- seph Parsons appointed the time & place for the said Com- ittee Meeting.
March 9th: 1707-8. At the General Town meeting for Election of Town officers for ye Town of Springfeild.
John Hitchcocke Sent Edward Stebins John ffere Henry Burt & John Holyoke were Selectmen for the ensuing yeer. [III-285.]
John Holyoke chosen clerk for sd Town for ye Insuing yeer.
John Hitchcocke Jun' John Bag & Daniel Lumbard were chosen Constables for the prsent yeer: But David Lum- bard hired Samuel Warner to be Constable In his stead, who was occupied of by the Town In sd Meeting.
Joseph Stebin Sent Joseph Cooly Sen' & Samll Ely were chosen Assessors for ye Yeer.
David Morgan Sen" John Burt Tilly Miricke Samll Blass Jun' & Samuel Bodurtha were chosen Tithing men for the yeer Insuing.
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John Burt Nathaneel Burt & John Petty were chosen Town Measurers for ye Lands.
Pelatiah Bliss Obadiah Cooley Thomas Hale & Ebenezer Day were chosen Surveiors for high ways.
Increase Sikes Jun' was chosen Sealer for Leathers:
Jonathan Ely & Thomas Colton Jun' Nathaneel Mun & Samll Lamb Joseph Bodurtha Sen' & Ebenezer Miller James Stevenson Jun' & Joseph Leonard Jun' Joseph Wiliston & Ebenezer Graves, Jnº Crowfoot & David Chapin were cho- sen ffence veiwers also to be Haywards for the feilds.
At the Town Meeting April 29th 1708. The Town accept of Ebenezer Chapin to be fence veiwer In the Room of David Chapin.
It was voted that such Persons as shalbe chosen by the Town to execute the Law respecting Swine. & shalbe Con- victed of this neglect thereof, shalbe subject to the Penalty of five shillings, upon Conviction, the one half thereof to the In- former, the other halfe to the Towns Schoole, & that this or- der be prsented to the Justices of the Peace at their next Gen- eral Sessions of the Peace in Hampshire for yr approbation This said order was approved of by the Justices at the Quar- ter Sessions may 13, 1708. Se pa. 32.
Samuel Warner & Ebenezer Wariner, John Atchison & Danll Cooly Jun' John ffowler & Christian van Horeen & Nathanll Bancroft are chosen to Execute the Law respecting swine.
The needy condition of the wife of Philip Read was Laid before the Town, & the Town did appoint that the Select men consider the matter. & that they do what is meet for the Town to do, as to satisfaction for what Releife hath been given her and as to what further releife, that may be duty for the Town to afford, & further that the Select men continue the Sending her away to her Proper Place or to her ffriends, & that the Town be at some charge for the transport of her & her chil- dren, & It was added that Respect be to what recompence the friends of sd Reads wife may bestow on such as shal Transport her & her children.
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The Proprietors of the Outward Comons did appoint a meeting of sd Proprietors to be attended at the East meeting house at Ten of the clocke of the morning of the IIth day of this Instant march.
March II : 1707-8 Accordingly the Proprietors of the out- ward Comons had a Meeting and at this meeting It was first voted, that the Precinct Proprietors should regulate their af- fair of gathering or drawing turpentine in the Inner Comons adjoining to their wood lots.
I. Regulation. That no Turpentine shalbe got on the East side the great River in Springfeild, But what is got within two Miles from the great River Eastward & also wthin Two miles westward from the westward side ye outward Com- ons.
2. That no Proprietor shal worke above One thousand New Trees, & that he shal have liberty from a Comittee (whom the Town shal appoint) In what place he shal worke said Trees in the aforesd bounds, wth as little damage as may be, to those Persons that have this yeer began to bark, & yt yr be paid to the Town Treasurer for the use of the schoole One shilling in [III-285.] Town Pay for One hundred Trees, so granted, & where any Persons have barked above one thou- sand Trees, he shalbe satisfyed for his labour by him that shal have the overplus of the thousand, to be determined by the sd Comittee.
3. That those who work any of their old Trees, shal pay to the Town Treasury for the use of the school six shillings in Town pay for one thousand of said Trees & that they shal de- clare to sd Comittee within one month from the fifth day of this Instant march, whether they wil worke them or no, & upon refusal to worke ym the sd Comittee are to dispose ym to any other Persons on the Terms aforesd.
4. As for the Inner Comons on the West side of the great River the sd Comittee are to dispose of the Trees on the Termes aforesd, wthout any limitation as to Place
And Leiut Hitchcocke Sen' & John Miricke are chosen to be the Comittee to Inspect the affair of getting Turpentine
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according to the abovesd regulations & to prosecute any Per- sons that may trespass agt said Regulations.
And it was further concluded that the outward Comons be liable to pay according to the abovesd regulations of the In- ward Comons, & that the affaire be alike under the care & management of sª comittee, & that they allow to no Proprie- tor above Two thousand Trees In sd outward Comons.
April 29: 1708 at a meeting of the freeholders & other In- habitants for Election of a Representative at the Sessions of the next Genll Cortes.
Joseph Parsons Esq was made choice of to be Representa- tive to attend the Sessions of the Genll Cortes for the prsent veer. & it was voted that or said Representative do Repre- sent the Towns desires that we may have but Two Cortes In the yeer for this County of Hampshire.
June 2: 1708. At a meeting of the Inhabitants of Spring- feild.
It was voted at this meeting, & concluded to ratify the vote of the Towne at the meeting May 30, 1708 respecting the school affair on the west side the great River, & further that the Select men of this Town of Springfeild be impowered to provide them the said west side Inhabitants a meet Person to teach yr children to Read & to write, & that the Inhabitants of said West side the great River have liberty to adde from among themselves some one man to joint wth sd Select men to carry the affair, that the children of said west side Inhabi- tants may be taught to read & to write, & that what the schol- ars part to pay falls short of satisfying the charge, it be paid as other Town charges are paid.
Whereas Thomas Gilbert of Brookfeild was Convicted be- fore maj" John Pynchon Esq of selling of Strong drinke at sd Town wthout Licence and was sentenced by ye Justices of the peace to pay forty shillings to the Grammer school in Spring- feild, & did Petition this Town to forgive him or clear him from paying forty shillings, the Town did accept of his Peti- tion & release him from paying said 405.
It was also voted that a convenient sum of mony for pay-
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ing the necessary charges for Transporting of Philip Reads wife & her children to Concord should be assessed on the In- habitants of this Towne. [III-287.]
July 30, 1708.
At a meeting of the ffreeholders & other Inhabitants of the Town of Springfeild Qualifyed & It was voted to send Jo- seph parsons Esq to his Excellency or Gover to Interceede with his Excellency that the Inhabitants of the Town of Springfeild may not be called away, or impressed to keep Garrison In other Towns, but continued In their owne Towne, for the defence y'of from the Enemy as also to Inter- ceed wth his Excellency that he farthur would please to send us men to garrison in this Town of Springfeild for some time as also that the Select men do hire some meet persons to ac- company their Agent In his going to his Excellency & his Re- turning home.
It was further voted that the Inhabitants would oblige themselves to fortify ye Town, & to chuse a Comittee to order or regulate the respective Garrisons And it was voted that the Comission officers of the Militia, the Select men of the Town & Japhet Chapin Nathll Burt Sent John Miricke John Barber Sen' Benjamin Leonard Sen" & John Bag be this Comittee: & effect the time & Place of yr meeting-Major Pynchon is chosen to appoint the Same:
Nov. 30: 1708. At a meeting of the freeholders & other Inhabitants of the Town of Springfeild.
At this Meeting the voters granted paymts to be made for the Several Particulars read to them, wych are Set In the Select mens book of Towne debts for this yeer.
The Town did nominate manifest their Desire that the Pe- titioners for the Precinct at Chickupi Eastward of the Town bounds should renew their Petition to the Honoured Genll Court yr grant for the Setting up a Town or Precinct for four yeers more after the wars are ended, & made choice of m" John Pynchon to draw up a Petition to sd Corte for them.
It was also voted & ordered that what so ever Persons shal send children to school In the winter time, that they Provide
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for Each scholar One Load of wood by that time the Schol- ar or the child been at school Two Weeks, or that such Per- sons (as neglect to bring their Load of Wood as aforesd) shal pay In the Town Rate so much as shal satisfy any other Per- son or Persons that shal bring to the school a Load of Wood for their Scholar or Scholars, & the Select Men Manage this affair from time to time yeerly.
March 8, 1708-9 At the Genll Town meeting for Election of Town officers for the Town of Springfeild.
John Hitchcock Sen John Miricke John Day Pelatiah Bliss & John Holyoke were chosen Selectmen.
John Holyoke was chosen Town Clerke.
John Burt Nathll Burt Junr & John Petty were chosen Land Measurers. .
Sam Keepe was chosen Constable & sworn Isaac ffrost was chosen Constable & Sworn Joseph Stebin was chosen Constable & sworn.
mr Joseph Parsons Capt Colton & John Day were chosen Assessors.
Samuel Lamb Tilly Miricke Obadiah Cooly Samuel Day & George Colton were chosen Surveyors of the high wayes
Ebenezer Parsons was chosen Sealer of Leather.
Luke Hitchcocke Sen was chosen Town Treasurer.
Joseph Williston Thomas Bliss Sen" James Wariner Jun Thomas Bliss JunT & Joseph Bodurtha were chosen Tithing inen.
Also fence veiwers were chosen viz Thomas Hale Eliakim Cooly Jun' Thomas [III-288.] Miricke & Nathaneel Sikes Nathanll Dumbleton & John Ely, John ffere & John Burt Nathaneel Morgan & John Bag, Tho: Terry & Jnº Chapin, who also were chosen to be Hawards or ffeild Drivers.
Mathew Crowfoot Samuel Warner & Ebenezer Wariner, Samuel Wariner & Christian van Horeen, John Atchison & Danuel Cooly Junior, Nathaneel Bancroft & Jonathan Worthington were chosen to execute the Law about swine.
May 6th 1709. At a meeting of the freeholders & other In- habitants of the Town of Springfeild.
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Major John Pynchon Esq was made choice of to be Repre- sentative for this Town to attend the sessions of Genll Courte for this yeer.
also the Town did declare their Liking that the Select men send to m' John Sherman & Invite him to be or Gramar schoolmaster.
also It was voted to allow the Select men to raise some mony to defray some necessary charges, In special to pay for the schoole Glass, & to purchase Standards for weights & measures as the Law requires.
December Ist, 1709. At a Town Meeting.
the voters at this meeting did approve of the paying for the several particulars yt were Layd before them & are set In ye Select mens booke of the Town debts for this yeer
It was also voted to pay of Schoolmaster mr Jnº Sherman forty pounds In grain viz Pease Ry Indian corn & Barley at the ancient Town price, or as to form' schoolmasters It was also voted to allow Capt Tho. Colton Thirty shilling to en- courage or to enable him to provide schooling for Long medow for this winter, wch allowance, if it occasion strife or disturbance amongst his neighbors at Longmedow he prom- ises to forgive ye sd Towns allowance of 30$
It was voted to allow forty shillings to be raised for Su the Negro.
It was voted to allow Tho. Mirick Sam1 Bliss 3d & George Colton 12$ P peice for going to bring m' John Sherman of present Schoolmaster.
Capt Colton propounded to have a pound for the Long- medow Inhabitants.
Divers young men on the west side of the grt River did de- sire Liberty to take clay or dig & cart away clay at the high way goeing up Samll Coopers hil, wch was granted to them provided they do not damnify said high way.
March 14: 1709-10 At the Genll Town Meeting for Elec- tion of Town officers for the Town of Springfeild.
Mr John Pynchon Jun' Edward Stebins John Burt Senr Nathaneel Mun & Samuel Bliss 3d, were chosen Select men for yeer ensuing:
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John Holyoke was chosen Clerk to Record &c.
Obadiah Miller was chosen Constable & sworne Ebenezer Bliss Sent was chosen Constable & Thomas Barber was cho- sen Constable.
Thomas Jones Sen' David Lumbard Sent Jonathan Day Thomas Colton Jun & John Bag were chosen Surveyors of high wayes.
John Burt Sen' Nath Burt Junt & John Petty were chosen measurers for Lands.
Luke Hitchcocke Sen was chosen Treasurer for the Town, & mt John Pynchon jun' Jose. Stebins Senr & Pelatiah Blisse were chosen & appointed to Joine wth sd prsent Treasurer to examine the accounts of the old Treasurer who was mr Pela- tiah Glover Sent.
Luke Hitchcocke Sen' Eliakim Cooly Sen' & Samuel Ely were chosen Assessors.
James Wariner Sen John ffere Joseph Williston Joseph Cooly Sent & Benjamin Leonard were chosen Tithing men.
Pelatiah Bliss was chosen Sealer for Leather.
ffence Veiwers also were chosen: viz. Pelatiah Morgan & Joseph Ashley, Thomas [III-289.] Stebins Sent & James Wariner Junt, John Day & Charles ffere, Samuel Leonard & John Leonard Samuel Chapin & Henry Jun' & Samll Colton & Danll Cooly Junt & the same men were chosen Hawards.or ffeild Drivers.
Matthew Crowfoot Samll Warner Ebenezer Wariner John Atchison Barret Steel Christian van Horen Samll Wariner Jonathan Worthington & Nathanll Bancroft were chosen to Execute the orders about swine.
for order about an high way through the wood lots East of the medows from the middle Causey to the upper Causey Se page 224 & for Laying it out sd way four Rods Se pa. 225
At a Meeting of the ffreeholders & other Inhabitants of ye Town of Springfeild may 8, 1710.
The town at this meeting did order & Impower the Select men of sd Town to bargain wth & Let out to what Person or Persons they may approve of, the Land, the unimproved
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Land, of that said Townes In Chickupi feild on ye west side the grt River, & that Lyes on the westerly side of said Land & with In said feild fence as also the Town's medow that Lyes agt Edward Stebins his houselot In the Town for yeeres or for some Terme of yeeres for the Towns advantage, according to their discretion.
Collonel John Pynchon Esq was chosen Representative for the Town of Springfeild to represent them in Sessions of the Great General Assembly for this yeer.
It was voted that whatsoever person shal be chosen to any office in sd Towne that the Law requires the Town to chuse men to serve in, and shal refuse or neglect to attend the of- fice they are chosen to & be thereof convicted, & have no reasonable excuse to show for yr so refusing or neglecting, & where the Law Lays no fine on such persons that they shal pay a fine to the Towne not exceeding the sum of Twenty shilings. And it was further determined that this order be presented to ye Justices of the Peace for Hampshire, at the next Genll Sessions of the Peace for their approbation.
Henry Burt was chosen Tithing man in John ferre stead because refusing to take ye oath.
Gersham ffere applying hismselfe to the Town for recom- pense for his keeping Su the Negro, It was voted & ordered that said Gershom ffere for his Intertaining her to this time, be paid Three pounds In Provision Pay out of the Town Treasury, if it be yr to be had, & if not to be had yr, to have so much raised for him in the next Town Rates
Nov: 27: 1710. At a Meeting of the freeholders & other Inhabitants of the Town of Springfeild.
It was voted that the Assessors do assess the Inhabitants the sum of four pounds Nineteen shillings & Eight pence to Satisfy mn' Thomas Tousey our former Schoolmaster the un- paid part of his Salary for keeping school.
Also It was voted that the Assessors do raise upon the In- habitants In the Towns Tax for to pay or present schoolmas- ter mr John Sherman the sum of forty pounds.
also It was voted the Assessors do raise in ye Town Rate
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upon the Inhabitants the Sum of Nine pounds Six shillings & five pence to pay Samuel Hitchcocke for his tending & diet- ing John Waller In his sickness the Last yeer, as also the Doctor & Drugst.
It was voted also to raise Twenty Eight shillings to pay Samuel Ely, so much, or what appeared to be unpaid of his Salary for keeping schoole
It was also voted that the Assessors rate the Inhabitants of this Town the Sum of eight pounds to satisfy Gershom ffere for his keeping Su the Negro, according to the agreemt of the Selectmen.
also that they raise Twenty five shillings to satisfy some sinal debts of ye Town. [III-290.] It was further voted that the Selectmen do adjust the Charges of the widow Geralds wth respect to her keeping dieting or medicining James Ad- ams of the Town of Westerly In the Naraganset Country, & that the Assessors raise ym also on the Inhabitants, that Each respective person may have yr dues, wch the Select men are to se paid respectively.
It was voted to have three men to joine wth the Town Treasurer to Inquire after any former Town debts or credits, also that Samuel Bliss the Third Joseph Willeston & samuel Ely be the three men for this Inquiry, & it was determined that they attend this Inquiry this day fortnight, and after- ward that they agree upon the time or times for further In- quiry among themselves, if there be further occasion for it, & that they make return of their Inquiry to the Town at the next General Town Meeting.
It was also further voted & agreed that the bul mony & water workes rate should be added with the Town rate.
March 13; 1710-II At the General Town meeting for Elections of Officers for the Town of Springfeild:
Joseph Cooly Sent Tilly Miricke John Miller Thomas Hor- ton & John Holyoke were chosen Select men.
John Holyoke was chosen Clerke:
Thomas Stebins Sen" John Ely & Joseph Parsons were chosen Constables & sworn.
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Joseph Willeston Thomas Horton & John Miller were chosen Assessors.
John Hitchcocke Jun' Nathll Sickes Sen' Matthew Crow- foot Nathanll Bliss Jun' & Nathaneel Dumbleton were cho- sen Surveiors of the high wayes.
David Morgan Sent, John Warner Obadiah Cooly Nath- anll Burt Jun' Ebenezer Jones Sent were chosen Tithing men.
John Burt Sen' Nathll Burt Jun' & John Petty were chosen measurers for Town Lands.
Pelatiah Bliss was chosen Leather Sealer.
Joseph Barker William Scot, Benjamin Stebins & Samll Wariner. Joseph Leonard Jun' & Thomas Barber, Benjamin Chapin & Jonathan Chapin, John Burt Sen' & Samll Sikes, Samll Stebins & Jonathan Ely were chosen fence veiwers: & ye fence veiwers are chosen ffeild drivers.
William Wariner & Samll Hitchcocke were chosen to exe- cute the orders about swine
Nathaneel Bliss Sent was fined 6ª for disorderlynes at sd Meeting, as also Gershom Sen James Tailor Jun' & Henry Rogers Jun' were fined 6ª for Disorderlynes.
August 16th: 1711. At a Town Meeting.
It was voted to continue m' John Sherman Gramar School master to the Town & to give him forty pound Pr Annum in Town Pay, & said mr Jnº Sherman did declare his willingness to go on with his teaching the scholars, until the next Town meeting:
December 7: 171I.
It was voted to allow James Dorchester Sent for his keep- ing or Dieting of James Osborn for the space of Twenty Three weekes this prsent yeer after the Rate of Three Shil- lings & Nine Pence in Town pay, viz 4£ 6$ 3ª
It was voted to allow the Comittee that spent their time to Examine the arreares of the Rates In Divers Constable hands 25 6ª P day. Three of ym three dayes a peice & one of ym for one day.
It was voted to allow Increase Sikes for making James Osborn a pair of shoes Eight shillings.
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It was voted to allow the Perambulators being 15 men 45 Pr man.
It was declared that the select men agree wth m' Benjamin Colton to keep school [III-291.] on the west side of the great River, & to pay him after the Rate of Twenty pound for halfe a yeer, but he kept the schoole for four months only, viz from the thirteenth day of April to the thirteenth day of August next 13£ 6$ 8d.
[In the handwriting of Pelatiah Bliss.]
March the IIth Anno 1712 att The General Town meet- ing for election of Town officers for the Town of Springfeild.
the Honor Colonel John Pynchon was Chosen Moderator. Luke Hitchcock Sen Joseph Stebbins Sent John mirrik Samll Bliss 3ª John Ferry were Chosen Selectmen.
Pelatiah Bliss was chosen Clerke for ye Town & Sworn.
Samll Lamb & Nathanell Morgan & Samll Colton were Chosen Constables.
Capt John Pynchon Samll Keep & Samll Ely were Chosen Assessors.
the fence vewers that were chosen were Ebenezer Bliss Ephraham Colton Obedia Cooly James Dorchester Junior Joseph Stebbins Junior Obadiah Miller Thomas Terry Tho: Chapin Josia Lenord Samll Leonord Thomas Miller Sent Samll Ball Joseph Ely Jun' Thomas Maccranny it is also voated that the fence vewers be ye feild drivers.
The Surveighers of Highwayes that were Chosen were Samll Sikes & William Warriner & Pelatiah Morgan & John Atchonson and John Miller Senier.
The Town Treasurer that was chosen was John Mirrick. The Sealer of Leather Increase Sikes Jun".
The Tithingmen were John Herman Thomas Jones Senier Ephraham Colton Samll Warriner.
The Town measurers were Henry Burt, Nathanll Burt Ju- nier & John Petty.
itt was also votted that the Afaire of the School Land on Both sides the River be left with the Present Select men to let it out as they shal se Cause for the Benefit of the Town
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